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Died in the Wool: A Knitting Mystery (Knitting Mysteries)

door Mary Kruger

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The first novel in Mary Kruger's "lively" (Publishers Weekly) knitting-themed mystery series set in coastal Massachusetts. Ariadne Evans is the proud owner of her very own knitting shop. And she's just got herself in a stitch. When Ariadne enters her knitting store one day to find longtime customer Edith Perry strangled to death with homespun yarn, she fears her life is about to come undone--again, since she's still getting over a divorce. Her worries increase when she's questioned by detective Joshua Pierce, who may or may not have designs on her. While Josh pieces together the details of the crime, clues about Ariadne's ties to Miss Perry come to light...and a bizarre pattern unfolds. Now it's up to Ariadne to do some sleuthing of her own. Can she untangle the investigation without getting snarled up into too much trouble? That depends on whether the killer is as crafty as she is...… (meer)

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Fun fast read. Women with a yarn shop goes to work and finds the body of a friend/customer on the floor. Enter eligible detective who takes an interest in her while she plays Nancy Drew. Everyone, including Ari's ex-husband the boring tax-lawyer, tells her that the cop got the "hots" for her but she insists that's not true. Meanwhile, Ari sizes up the suspects(who are all friends or customers) and not recognizing the danger. (

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Kathy89 | Mar 16, 2016 |

Edith Perry is found dead on the floor of Ariadne’s Web, a small yarn shop owned by Ariadne Evans. Diane’s homespun purple yarn is wrapped around her neck. Ariadne, who has been going through a divorce and worrying about her daughter, feels she must start investigating when she seems to be under the suspicion of detective Joshua Pierce. Or is she?

While a cute little cozy, this book was nothing special. I would have liked more engaging characters. I enjoyed the “talk” of yarn and sweater projects, but the patterns provided at the end were dull. The author admits that she is not a knitting designer and that shows. (

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punxsygal | Jan 16, 2016 |

Really liked this book, even though I figured out whodunit fairly early on. Very light read, hard to put down.

There was "inside dirt" on running a specialty yarn store and some detail on creating yarn from the sheep up. There was also some semi-heavy-handed "commentary" on pattern copyright and internet usage. The "free patterns" included in the back weren't anything to write home about, but there were interesting knitting-related passages throughout the book.

I could have completely done without the main character's family - ex is a loudmouthed controlling ass, mother/aunt are irritating butt-inskys, the child is glossed over unless it can create angst for the mother/main character (and nothing really gets resolved with the child).

All that and I still liked the book a whole lot. I'll be looking for the next one in the series right away! (

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FiberBabble | Mar 30, 2013 |

A pleasant and typical mystery of the 'amateur + professional' genre, with a little romance thrown in. It takes place in Freeport. MA, so it also qualifies as a small-town mystery, and since it has to do with a knitting shop, I suppose that makes it a cozy too! (

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ffortsa | Apr 9, 2011 |

Not the best knitting mystery out there, to say the least. The dialogue in particular was rather painful, very unrealistic and laden with bad puns (and I normally really enjoy horrendous puns -- these ones are just BAD bad and not funny bad). Also the plot was a typical eye-roll-inducing cozy plot, with an unexpected detective taking on an investigation instead of leaving it to the police, and all the characters being absurdly willing to help (and if she's so busy running a yarn store, where does she find the time to solve mysteries?). The narrator's voice was also very irritating. I read this only because Julia had read it and said it was so bad that I had to read it for myself. I wouldn't recommend inflicting this on yourself unless you REALLY enjoy knitting mysteries or you have absolutely nothing else to read. (

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Ariadne Evans (née Jorgensen)

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In loving memory of my mother, Madelyn Sweeney Kruger, who always believed in me and who was always there. You and me against the world, Mom. Forever.

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Later, Ariadne would be appalled that her first reaction at seeing Edith Perry's body sprawled on the floor of her shop, a tangle of yarn around her throat, was that Edith had finally chosen good yarn.

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The first novel in Mary Kruger's "lively" (Publishers Weekly) knitting-themed mystery series set in coastal Massachusetts. Ariadne Evans is the proud owner of her very own knitting shop. And she's just got herself in a stitch. When Ariadne enters her knitting store one day to find longtime customer Edith Perry strangled to death with homespun yarn, she fears her life is about to come undone--again, since she's still getting over a divorce. Her worries increase when she's questioned by detective Joshua Pierce, who may or may not have designs on her. While Josh pieces together the details of the crime, clues about Ariadne's ties to Miss Perry come to light...and a bizarre pattern unfolds. Now it's up to Ariadne to do some sleuthing of her own. Can she untangle the investigation without getting snarled up into too much trouble? That depends on whether the killer is as crafty as she is...

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